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Endoscopic submucosal dissection or endoscopic mucosal resection for large colorectal laterally spreading lesions? Scientific and economic data are still lacking
  1. Jérémie Jacques1,
  2. Stanislas Chaussade2,
  3. Thierry Ponchon3,
  4. Emmanuel Coron4,
  5. Vincent Lepilliez5,
  6. Martin Dahan1,
  7. Jeremie Albouys1,
  8. Denis Sautereau1,
  9. Sarah Leblanc2,
  10. Gabriel Rahmi6,
  11. Romain Legros1,
  12. Mathieu Pioche3
  1. 1 Service d’hépato-gastro-entérologie, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France
  2. 2 Service d’hépato-gastro-entérologie, CHU Cochin, Paris, France
  3. 3 Service d’hépato-gastro-entérologie, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
  4. 4 Service d’hépato-gastro-entérologie, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France
  5. 5 Service de gastroentérologie, Hopital Privé Jean Mermoz, Lyon, France
  6. 6 Service d’hépato-gastro-entérologie, Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jérémie Jacques, service d’hépato-gastro-entérologie, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges 87042, France; jeremiejacques{at}gmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2018-316192

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    We read with great interest the paper of Bahin et al comparing piecemeal endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for large colorectal laterally spreading lesions (LSLs) from a medico-economic point of view.1 Since the expanded use of ESDs in Japan that began in the early 2000s, a debate still persists in Western countries about the absolute need for en bloc resection of large colorectal lesions with a low risk of submucosal cancer.2 3 ESDs are associated with a high en bloc resection rate, low risk of recurrence and perfect pathological analysis.4 Defenders of piecemeal EMR point out the higher risk of ESD, the long duration of procedures, the discrepancies between Eastern and Western series, and the low proportion of lesions with superficial submucosal cancer.5 They also point out the good results of wide-field (WF)-EMR for complete eradication even when several sessions are needed.6 Economic reasons are not often mentioned, although they could be considered …

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    • Contributors JJ wrote the paper. All authors discussed the reference paper (Bahin FF, Heitman SJ, Rasouli KN, et al. Wide-field endoscopic mucosal resection versus endoscopic submucosal dissection for laterally spreading colorectal lesions: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Gut Published Online First: 7 October 2017. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2017-313823) and corrected the paper.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.